December 14th, 1939

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:00am

Letter drafted to Francis Bowes Sayre

White House

PRI

12:00am

Letter drafted to William Allen White

White House

PRI

12:00am

Memorandum drafted to Sec. of State Cordell Hull

White House

PRI

12:00am

FDR Expresses the Need of Better Housing for Middle Income Families

Office

PP

12:00am

A Tribute on the Death of Heywood Brown

Office

PP

9:15am

Vincent Astor

White House

USH

10:10am –

10:35am

Gracie Hall Roosevelt

White House

USH

10:45am

Postmaster Gen. James A. Farley

Note: office arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

11:00am

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

Note: ffice arrival and scheduled meeting conflict

Office

STE, TU

11:03am

To Office

White House

USH

12:15pm

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles

Office

STE, TU

12:30pm

Surgeon Gen. Thomas Parran, Jr.

Office

STE, TU

12:45pm

Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson

Office

STE, TU

1:00pm

(lunch) (Lord Lothian)

Office

TU

1:50pm

Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Stephen T. Early

Office

STE, TU

3:00pm

Gov. John G. Winant

Office

STE, TU

3:15pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith

Office

STE, TU

6:25pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

7:00pm

(dinner) ER (24)

White House

USH

9:00pm

Diplomatic reception 679 rec'd, 1055 invited (FDR received while seated)

White House

USH

10:05pm

To Apartments

White House

USH

11:30pm

To station enroute to Hyde Park, NY, with Marguerite A. LeHand, William D. Hassett, Grace G. Tully, Henry M. Kannee, Dewey E. Long, George A. Fox, Miss Mary Lamback, Leo A. de Waard

White House

USH, TU, STE

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguest

Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Irwin (arr. 4:00), Earl Miller (arr. 4:55), Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ellinger (arr. 4:55), Marguerite A. LeHand (dep. 11:20)

USH

USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary

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